Saturday, July 24, 2010

Selective list of seminal posts 3

I am mining the earliest parts of this blog to make available some of what I feel are the most nuts and bolts entries I have written. In the early parts of this blog I covered a lot of how-to stuff. Because I have moved on from that to other subjects I wanted the readers to know they are there. These are probably the most useful posts for those learning to paint. I write about art history and art business etc, and those things are important too, but the sections on edges and brushstroke are essential. These may well be the most unique and worthwhile things I have written, and I wrote them before a lot of you found the blog.About edgesMore about edgesMore about edges 2Yet more about edges

Edges, deweighting for eye controlI hope you will go read those and I will meet you back here. I might do about one or two more nights of this, then I will return to the slaughter of the innocents. Critiques.

10 comments:

thank you for listing these! since finding yr blog i've been trying to read backwards (err... i mean chronologically!), but keep getting bogged down - there's so much information! for which a separate thanks!

Dusty:Thank you. The blog is huge and the early posts are very important. They are the stuff that I wanted to get out because they are not presented well in the art schools and most books I see...........Stape

Sandra:I am not sure I would call this an atelier. I think that the ateliers are the place to get training and I would not pretend to be a substitute for that. But many people have to work and can't drop everything to study in one.I feel sure you are in a good one by the way. ...............Stape

DJ I like antique ovens. I don't own one but someday I will. They are so cool.I had an old white and green enameled one in an apartment once. I loved the thing.It worked just fine too. I have also had the old squarer refrigerators with the cylindrical compressor on the top. They work fine too but the freezers are too small.........Stape

About Me

I am a professional landscape painter.I make my living painting pictures.
In my blog I show my paintings, offer some of the techniques, ideas and methods I have learned over the years, and talk about how to make a living as an artist. I present some essays on painting, art, and hopefully amuse you some at the same time. I will also tell you about many of the fine painters I have known over the years and some who died long ago. I talk about my training in the studios of R.H.Ives Gammell and about the many artists who have mentored me along the way. I also try to explain what I THINK makes a good painting, and how to go about making one.
If you have just found this blog, I suggest you go back to the earliest posts and read forward. It is now an enormous archive of about a thousand posts. The posts start out with the most basic information and progress towards the more philosophical side of painting. I hope you will find it useful!
.............Stape

Teaching

I do teach and I do travel. If you are interested in booking workshops or having me visit and teach at your institution, school or art association please email me at stapletonkearns@gmail.com I am presently booked for several workshops in the coming year and will be announcing more . If you are interested in attending a workshop please let me know as well.